The story is set in 19th-century Louisiana. According to the Kate Chopin website, Chopin uses the storm to move the story forward. The storm traps Calixta's husband and son at a local store. AlcÃ©e arrives, seeking shelter from the storm. As Calixta and AlcÃ©e give in to their desires and have a sexual encounter, the storm mimics their passion in its intensity.
In everyday usage, a vegetable is any part of a plant that is consumed by humans as food as part of a meal. The term vegetable is somewhat arbitrary, and largely defined through culinary and cultural tradition. It normally excludes other food derived from plants such as fruits, nuts, and cereal grains, but includes seeds such as pulses.
1 Pulses are part of the legume family, but the term âpulseâ refers only to the dried seed. 2  Dried peas, edible beans, lentils and chickpeas are the most common varieties of pulses. 3  Pulses are very high in protein and fibre, and are low in fat. Legume: 2  The term legume refers to the plants whose fruit is enclosed in a pod. 3  Legumes represent a vast family of plants including more than 600 genera and more than 13,000 species. 4  When growing, legumes fix nitrogen into the soil, which reduces the need for chemical fertilizers.